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James Cameron felt relief when Avengers: Endgame toppled Avatar at the box office

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Earlier this year, Avengers: Endgame surpassed Avatar to become the highest-grossing film in history at the box office with a total of $2.79 billion compared to Avatar’s $2.789 billion during the week of San Diego Comic-Con. However, in a recent interview with Deadline, Cameron claimed he wasn’t sour when he heard the news – in fact, his first reaction was […]

Avengers: Endgame and the Biggest Event Movies of All-Time

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EJ Moreno on the biggest event movies ever… Join our host EJ Moreno as he dives into the most significant movie events in cinema history! In this video, he’ll talk about what it takes for a film to become an event, and which franchises made an impact with fans. The only rule here is there […]

A Beginner’s Guide To James Cameron

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In our latest beginner’s guide, Tom Jolliffe looks at the career of James Cameron…. Like many of the top directors, it didn’t happen overnight for James Cameron, now dubbed The King of the World (possibly by himself?). He worked in visual effects, and as an assistant director before getting his break in B pictures. It […]

Could the Avatar sequels break the wrong kind of box office record?

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Avatar 2 and a distinct lack of excitement to return to James Cameron’s world… You remember that film with blue characters in it? No, not The Smurfs… Avatar. In 2009 it was the groundbreaking, visually dazzling CGI world which James Cameron created, whilst simultaneously revolutionising 3D technology (and beginning a five year […]

Avengers: Endgame tops Avatar to become the biggest movie of all time

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While it found itself some $7 million short last weekend and looking likely to have to settle for second place, updates to the movie’s final international grosses has seen Marvel’s superhero epic Avengers: Endgame edge past James Cameron’s Avatar to become the highest-grossing movie of all time. Avengers: Endgame shattered all records when it opened […]

Avengers: Endgame is now just $7 million short of Avatar’s record box office

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While it may have seemed like a foregone conclusion when the film smashed all records with unprecedented $1.2 billion global opening weekend, Avengers: Endgame hasn’t quite managed to topple James Cameron’s Avatar as the highest-grossing movie of all time – although it now finds itself in touching distance of the 2009 blockbuster. By close of […]

Exclusive Interview – Visual Effects Producer Rachel Wheeler on Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, Happy Feet, Avatar and Gravity

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Flickering Myth chats with Visual Effects Producer Rachel Wheeler… Rachel Wheeler is an independent Visual Effects Producer whose extensive career spans across the film, TV, advertising and theme park industries. She has produced on multiple feature films over the past thirteen years, including Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Gravity, Avatar and the Academy […]

Avengers: Endgame director doesn’t mind if the film fails to catch Avatar

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Anthony Russo, the co-director of Avengers: Endgame, says that he doesn’t mind if his film doesn’t surpass Avatar at the global box office. Avengers: Endgame has been pulling in truly enormous numbers at the box office, breaking numerous records in the process. Many MCU fans had been hoping it would be able to catch Avatar […]

Jemaine Clement joins Avatar sequels

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The official Twitter account for the Avatar franchise has revealed that Flight of the Conchords and What We Do In the Shadows’ Jemaine Clement has become the latest addition to the cast of the sequels, with the New Zealand actor and comedian set to play Dr. Garvin, a marine biologist on Pandora. 📣 Casting announcement! […]